Wow. Yarn is really expensive. I think I'll be making the most expensive afghan ever, but if it helps me forget about the headaches, it will be worth it. In any case, it's going to be gorgeous. I'm using these hand-painted, ombre-effect yarns from Baah in shades of green, blue, and purple. The colors are incredibly saturated, which I love. If you' ( Read more... )

I tripped (over nothing that I could afterward perceive) on Friday, just walking with Crystal and Susan (Susan being a companion of the border collie variety), and took a rather violent flight directly into the sidewalk. My knee hit the cement first, followed fairly quickly by my hands. My head missed a decorative brick lining a little flower bed ( Read more... )

I was feeling really quite desperately ill this morning after breakfast -- ill like I'd eaten too much egg, but my breakfast was spinach, split pea soup, and brown rice ... no egg that I'm aware of. So I don't know what made me so sick, but it messed up my plans to see Debbie today, which I'd really been looking forward to, so I was feeling down ( Read more... )

Like the socially responsible gal that I am, I got a flu shot yesterday. Unfortunately, most vaccinations, including flu shots, are made with egg. You know ... egg ... that stuff that makes me sick? I doubt it was a coincidence that I felt rather digestively challenged the rest of the day. But by evening I was fine. And now I won't spread typhoid ( Read more... )